In Financial Markets and Institutions, best-selling authors Mishkin and Eakins provide a practical introduction to prepare readers for today's changing landscape of financial markets and institutions. A unifying framework uses a few core principles to organize readers' thinking then examines the models as real-world scenarios from a practitioner's perspective. By analyzing these applications, readers develop the critical-thinking and problem-solving skills necessary to respond to challenging situations in their future careers.

Introduction: Why Study Financial Markets and Institutions?; Overview of the Financial System. Fundamentals of Financial Markets: What Do Interest Rates Mean and What Is Their Role in Valuation?; Why Do Interest Rates Change?; How Do Risk and Term Structure Affect Interest Rates?; Are Financial Markets Efficient? Central Banking and the Conduct of Monetary Policy: Structure of Central Banks and the Federal Reserve System; Conduct of Monetary Policy: Tools, Goals, Strategy, and Tactics. Financial Markets: The Money Markets; The Bond Market; The Stock Market; The Mortgage Markets; The Foreign Exchange Market; The International Financial System. Fundamentals of Financial Institutions: Why Do Financial Institutions Exist?; What Should Be Done About Conflicts of Interest? A Central Issue in Business Ethics. The Financial Institutions Industry: Banking and the Management of Financial Institutions; Commercial Banking Industry: Structure and Competition; Savings Associations and Credit Unions; Banking Regulation; The Mutual Fund Industry; Insurance Companies and Pension Funds; Investment Banks, Security Brokers and Dealers, and Venture Capital Firms. The Management of Financial Institutions: Risk Management in Financial Institutions; Hedging with Financial Derivatives.

Part I: Introduction

1. Why Study Financial Markets and Institutions?

2. Overview of the Financial System

Part II: Fundamentals of Financial Markets

3. What Do Interest Rates Mean and What Is Their Role in Valuation?

4. Why Do Interest Rates Change?

5. How Do Risk and Term Structure Affect Interest Rates?

6. Are Financial Markets Efficient?

Part III: Central Banking and the Conduct of Monetary Policy

7. Structure of Central Banks and the Federal Reserve System

8. Conduct of Monetary Policy: Tools, Goals, Strategy, and Tactics

Part IV: Financial Markets

9. The Money Markets

10. The Bond Market

11. The Stock Market

12. The Mortgage Markets

13. The Foreign Exchange Market

14. The International Financial System

Part V: Fundamentals of Financial Institutions

15. Why Do Financial Institutions Exist?

16. What Should Be Done About Conflicts of Interest? A Central Issue in Business Ethics

In Financial Markets and Institutions, best-selling authors Mishkin and Eakins provide a practical introduction to prepare readers for today's changing landscape of financial markets and institutions. A unifying framework uses a few core principles to organize readers' thinking then examines the models as real-world scenarios from a practitioner's perspective. By analyzing these applications, readers develop the critical-thinking and problem-solving skills necessary to respond to challenging situations in their future careers.

Introduction: Why Study Financial Markets and Institutions?; Overview of the Financial System. Fundamentals of Financial Markets: What Do Interest Rates Mean and What Is Their Role in Valuation?; Why Do Interest Rates Change?; How Do Risk and Term Structure Affect Interest Rates?; Are Financial Markets Efficient? Central Banking and the Conduct of Monetary Policy: Structure of Central Banks and the Federal Reserve System; Conduct of Monetary Policy: Tools, Goals, Strategy, and Tactics. Financial Markets: The Money Markets; The Bond Market; The Stock Market; The Mortgage Markets; The Foreign Exchange Market; The International Financial System. Fundamentals of Financial Institutions: Why Do Financial Institutions Exist?; What Should Be Done About Conflicts of Interest? A Central Issue in Business Ethics. The Financial Institutions Industry: Banking and the Management of Financial Institutions; Commercial Banking Industry: Structure and Competition; Savings Associations and Credit Unions; Banking Regulation; The Mutual Fund Industry; Insurance Companies and Pension Funds; Investment Banks, Security Brokers and Dealers, and Venture Capital Firms. The Management of Financial Institutions: Risk Management in Financial Institutions; Hedging with Financial Derivatives.

Table of Contents

Part I: Introduction

1. Why Study Financial Markets and Institutions?

2. Overview of the Financial System

Part II: Fundamentals of Financial Markets

3. What Do Interest Rates Mean and What Is Their Role in Valuation?

4. Why Do Interest Rates Change?

5. How Do Risk and Term Structure Affect Interest Rates?

6. Are Financial Markets Efficient?

Part III: Central Banking and the Conduct of Monetary Policy

7. Structure of Central Banks and the Federal Reserve System

8. Conduct of Monetary Policy: Tools, Goals, Strategy, and Tactics

Part IV: Financial Markets

9. The Money Markets

10. The Bond Market

11. The Stock Market

12. The Mortgage Markets

13. The Foreign Exchange Market

14. The International Financial System

Part V: Fundamentals of Financial Institutions

15. Why Do Financial Institutions Exist?

16. What Should Be Done About Conflicts of Interest? A Central Issue in Business Ethics